Very helpful place with different resources avail...
Very helpful place with different resources available
Very helpful place with different resources available
Very helpful and resourceful place. Always ready to help. Nerver judgmental. They remember and call to remind you of upcoming programs one can benefit from. Glad I found this place.
The staff was great knowledgeable and professional.I felt comfortable speaking with the case manager Ms Grier
The application process was thoughly explained.
The community is very outstanding and been manged by highly organized team, the immediate community resident are highly pleased to have Ezra.
This place advertises on helping people...but they really operate on stealing people's identity. I should know because they stole mine.
Like many people I came across some difficult times in my life with an unexpected medical condition that forced me to stop working. I had the every day commitments of rent, food, bills, and all else to make a household run. Help from my family and friends stretched only so far, so I turned to one of the JUF contacts for assistance. JUF (Jewish United Fund) has been around for a long time. Being Jewish myself it seemed like the right route to go.
Why then did they ask me for my social security card...not just the number only...but the real physical card and my driver's license...take them both from me...make a copy of them together on paper...and have me sign to it. Plus ask me what my credit score is. This is all needed just to get free food from the greater Chicago food depository? They don't pay for that food. It is given to Ezra free from the government. Plus none of that food is Kosher at all. Isn't this a Jewish organization? They advertise Kosher but don't deliver it.
Of course all my personal identifying information wasn't need so I can have access to food donations. It was taken from me so they can steal my identity, which began a few days later after signing up with them. I have a close friend that is a private investigator who found the trace of my stolen identity leading to Ezra's computer system.
The crooks opened up two credit cards in my name, a Citibank and a Capital One. The letters in the mail and the phone calls started to flood my way also from these credit card companies. It will take years to clear up the mess Ezra left in my good name.
The nerve of this non-profit operating under the Jewish religion to hurt and destroy people's lives rather than help. They need to be called out and investigated by the public.
I am leaving this feedback as a warning for others not to turn to Ezra for any help what so ever. You will regret it as I have found out. If there was such a rating as zero stars or negative stars I would rate Ezra in that field. Too bad one star is as low as I can put them.
Shame on you Mark, Damian, Molly, Abby, Joelle, and everyone else on staff at Ezra for running such a dirty, sneaky, and conniving business advertised as helping the poor, the sick, the homeless, and the needy.
P.S.
The word "Ezra" is literally the Hebrew word for "Help," but according to the Ezra Multi-Service Center the word "Ezra" translates into something different for them..."Steal."
I went here, hungry and poverty stricken. They made feel obligated to participate in these embarassing social justice activities, volunteers would shuttle us on these field trips to see some weird, communist meetings. Young college kids would come up to me and say "it's time to write your article" and such. I was chewed out for acting interested in somebody, I guess disabled scum aren't allowed to date. A cafe member learned I was getting backpay from disability and stalked me outside of ezra, trying to get me to buy him drugs.
I got too big of a pantry take home portion and my caseworker, came bounding out to shame me and give it back as if I were stealing gold bars from Fort Knox
The desk guy, Willie was always have loud, obnoxious conversations with neighborhood losers.
I decided it was better to go without than attend this nightmare facility.
The staff are extremely friendly and very helpful as well as professional. When I had nowhere else to turn as far as for rental assistance, they were extremely accommodating
I fell on some hard times due to loosing a job. This place has really helped me get back on my feet. Sophia was my case manager and she was great to work with. Thank you Ezra! I'm very grateful.
It is a phenomenal organization I am glad to have in the community.
I went here looking for job placement. They gave me only b.s. leads to places ANYONE and EVERYONE would know through common sense they are hiring. They gave me "leads" to places such as McDonalds (really? Who doesnt know McDonald's isnt hiring?) They wanted me to attend their stuffs so they could recieve fundings off my time. I said give me a job first. I never got a job thru them
It's a fantastic local community center with great people and incredible services for free,they really go out of there way to help it's incredible.
Great social service agency. Offering people a variety of services based on an individuals needs
Ezra is a great place for people to get help and resources. The staff there are professional, forth coming and a very nice group of people. If you have something bad to say you're probably hard to please anyways! God bless.
I love this place. I originally found out about Ezra when I was in the neighborhood and found out Ezra was hosting a free medical fair. A month later, I moved in the neighborhood and found out more services that Ezra has. They have free financial one time emergency assistance. You have to have an income but this is a really great resource. They also have art therapy, medical groups, and a Jewish support group. They have a food pantry and a cafe which is like a food kitchen but a lot nicer and more decent quality food. They also have a food pantry you can use every Wednesday. Not all of the clients are Jewish, but on Fridays, they have dinners just for Jewish clients. On Jewish High Holidays, they provide food to Jewish clients. They also have special events sometimes. This place helped me when I needed a place that was more supportive to Jewish individuals. I recommend them.